The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... feel the same interest in the case , as if something was still in prospect for you , as well as for your client . And when you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the perform- ance . Settle the ...
... feel the same interest in the case , as if something was still in prospect for you , as well as for your client . And when you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the perform- ance . Settle the ...
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... feel constrained to beg that you will countermand the withdrawal . The public interest , I think , demands that you should ; and my personal feelings are deeply enlisted in the same direction . Please consider and answer by 9 A.M. to ...
... feel constrained to beg that you will countermand the withdrawal . The public interest , I think , demands that you should ; and my personal feelings are deeply enlisted in the same direction . Please consider and answer by 9 A.M. to ...
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... feel better at once . The memory of your dear father , instead of an agony , will yet be a sad , sweet feeling in your heart , of a purer and holier sort than you have known before . Please present my kind regards to your afflicted ...
... feel better at once . The memory of your dear father , instead of an agony , will yet be a sad , sweet feeling in your heart , of a purer and holier sort than you have known before . Please present my kind regards to your afflicted ...
Contents
To Mary Owens | 7 |
To Joshua F Speed | 15 |
To Abraham Bale | 27 |
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| Title | The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | H. Jack Lang |
| Publisher | Greenberg, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 17 Nov 2010 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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